Arden Fair theater closed, ‘not able to compete’ with Century 14, property manager says
The show must not go on in Arden, apparently.
The theater at Arden Fair Mall in Sacramento closed for good over the weekend, the building’s manager confirmed Tuesday.
Though Regal United Artists Arden Fair shared its name with the mall next door, it was actually a tenant of the adjacent property, a shopping center known as Market Square, owned and operated by Fulcrum Property.
President and founder of Fulcrum, Mark Friedman, confirmed Tuesday that the lease on the theater expired and Regal Cinemas did not renew it. The six-screen theater closed permanently Sunday, he said.
Friedman said the theater was “not able to compete effectively with the new Cinemark theater down the street,” referring to Century Arden 14 and XD, which opened December 2016.
On a visit Tuesday morning, the words “United Artists” remained on both the exterior and interior of the shopping center adjacent to the mall, but little else remained of Regal UA Arden Fair.
All other signage was gone from the box office area, there were no movie posters, the marquee visible from Arden Way showed no movie times, and workers were carting arcade games out of the building and loading them onto a box truck.
Additionally, showtimes for Regal United Artists Arden Fair were nonexistent on the Regal Cinemas website as of Tuesday. A phone call to the number listed for the theater redirected to Regal Cinemas’ automated voice system, which no longer included as Regal UA Arden Fair in its directory for the Sacramento zip code. On a search result page, Google proclaims the theater “permanently closed.”
A representative for Regal Cinemas did not immediately return The Sacramento Bee’s requests for comment.
Photos of the mostly vacant venue began appearing on Reddit and other social media pages Monday, reportedly taken Sunday evening.
No other stores at Market Square appeared to be recently closed as of Tuesday morning.
There did not appear to be any advance notice or announcement of the sudden closure at Regal UA Arden Fair. No signs or poster explaining the closure were seen Tuesday at the location.
This story was originally published October 29, 2019 at 12:02 PM.
